by Scott | Apr 1, 2013 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses his article “War Risk Rises Sharply in Korea;” the USAF’s provocations that brought on North Korea’s threat to nuke the US; why Americans shouldn’t lose any sleep worrying...
by Scott | Mar 15, 2013 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Showtime documentary on Dick Cheney, who casually dismisses his responsibility for starting the disastrous war in Iraq; the African dictators who go to war crimes tribunals while Cheney goes fishing;...
by Scott | Feb 18, 2013 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses how the disputed Senkaku Islands could ignite a China-Japan conflagration; the return of militant nationalism in Asia; why the US should gracefully withdraw from China’s regional sphere of...
by Scott | Jan 22, 2013 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the surging violence in Mali and Algeria; how tiny Qatar has become a major power broker in the Middle East; Algeria’s short-lived experiment with democratic government; why the Tuareg’s are...
by Scott | Nov 30, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Palestine’s overwhelming victory in its bid for non-member observer state status at the UN (with the US in lonely opposition); how influential pro-Israel lobbies have paralyzed US Mideast policy;...
by Scott | Nov 2, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses why the US and France are so interested in Mali, of all places; the North African al-Qaeda affiliate borne from the brutal Algerian war; how Africa’s vast size and numerous conflicts give the...
by Scott | Oct 15, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the war in Mali and “colonialism part 2” in Africa; why the MSM says every Islamic anti-Western group is “linked to Al-Qaeda;” consequences from the US-backed coup in Mauritania;...
by Scott | Sep 12, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses the assaults on US embassies in Libya and Egypt; the anti-Islam movie Innocence of Muslims that was apparently financed by an Israeli American; the shared propaganda techniques of Nazi Germany and today’s...
by Scott | Aug 24, 2012 | Interviews
American Raj author Eric Margolis discusses what Ethiopian Prime Minister/Dictator Meles Zenawi’s death means for the country’s future; the US’s “mission creep” of fighting terrorism in Africa; why third world revolutionaries would...
by Scott | Jul 30, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis discusses his article “Has the US Given Israel a Green Light to Attack Syria;” the cooperation between Western intelligence services, special forces, and Syria’s rebels; and the many excuses for intervention, including humanitarian...
by Scott | Jul 9, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis discusses why Yasser Arafat’s unexplained death in 2004 was probably caused by Polonium 210 poisoning; Israel’s penchant for using rather exotic poisons for assassinating enemies; and the 2006 murder of Russian FSB agent Alexander Litivenko....
by Scott | Jun 13, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses his article “Egypt Headed for an Explosion;” the vote-rigging funny business that enabled a Mubarak retread to get in the presidential runoff election; why Egypt won’t remain a...
by Scott | Jun 8, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the fundamentally flawed Middle East countries created after the Ottoman Empire’s dissolution; the US’s first attempt at regime change in Syria in 1948, as told in The Game of...
by Scott | Jun 5, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses Pakistan’s potential for dissolution; the Lebanonization of Syria; why Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is urging India to get more involved in Afghanistan; India’s big-spending on...
by Scott | Apr 17, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “Cuba Starts to Come Alive;” hanging out with Ernest Hemingway in pre-revolutionary Cuba; why meaningful reform will be delayed until...
by Scott | Mar 26, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “The Dangerous Mess in Syria Grows Murkier;” the foreign forces instigating regime change by supporting Syria’s rebellion; why...
by Scott | Feb 24, 2012 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the many countries covertly and overtly supporting Syria’s armed resistance; the Western media’s one-sided anti-Assad coverage; how the US is...
by Scott | Dec 12, 2011 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the conflict in Syria, where Western-backed instigators and a legitimate domestic opposition face off against the Assad regime – which still...
by Scott | Nov 23, 2011 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the mid-1980s declaration of Osama bin Laden’s mentor Abdullah Azzam that the mujahideen would go after US forces in Saudi Arabia after the...
by Scott | Nov 15, 2011 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “Nuclear Pots Call Iranian Kettle Black;” why Iran hasn’t developed nuclear weapons despite having incentives to do so; the US-sourced...